Article: US Economy Up at 5.8 Percent Rate in 1st Quarter

Article: Economy, lifted by consumer spending, grew at 1.4 percent ...
AP Worldstream;  February 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... soaring during the fourth quarter, analysts said ... rose at a brisk 6 percent rate in the fourth quarter, the largest gain ... rose at a 5.4 percent rate in the final three ... economy in the fourth quarter and has been a ...

Article: U.S. economy grew at 1.7 percent rate in ...
AP Worldstream;  March 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... grew at just 0.2 percent rate in the fourth quarter. A month ago that was revised to a 1.4 percent rate. Thursday's upward ... 6 percent in the fourth quarter, even worse than the 6.8 percent rate of decline posted ...

Article: Economy grew at 1.7 percent rate in fourth ...
AP Worldstream;  March 28, 2002 ;     267 words ... ... economy grew at just 0.2 percent rate in the fourth quarter. A month ago that was revised to a 1.4 percent rate. Thursday's upward revision ... of a drag on growth in the fourth quarter. While the 1.7 percent ...

Article: Economy grows at just 0.7 percent rate in ...
AP Worldstream;  January 30, 2003 ;     274 words ... ... domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2002 came after ... at a respectable 4 percent rate in the third quarter ... predicting _ gave the fourth quarter the distinction of ... actually shrank at a 0.3 percent rate in the third quarter ...

Article: U.S. economy, lifted by consumer spending, grew at 1.4 ...
AP Worldstream;  February 28, 2002 ;     319 words ... ... this year. The revised reading on fourth-quarter GDP as reported by the Commerce Department ... economists were forecasting a revised 0.9 percent rate of advance in the GDP, which measures ... after the economy shrank at a 1.3 percent rate in the third quarter. The latest reading ...

Article: Productivity rises at 3.5 percent rate, unit labor ...
AP Worldstream;  February 6, 2002 ;     594 words ... ... hours fell at a 3.7 percent rate and output declined at a 0.4 percent rate in the fourth quarter. Companies have slashed ... growth rate in the fourth quarter marked the biggest ... productivity rose at a 6.7 percent rate. Federal Reserve ...

Article: U.S. productivity rises at 3.5 percent rate, labor ...
AP Worldstream;  February 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... briskly in the fourth quarter of last year as ... hours in the fourth quarter fell at a 3.7 percent rate _ the biggest drop ... growth rate in the fourth quarter marked the biggest ... rose at a 6.7 percent rate. Federal Reserve ...